Ellory pondered on the question, seeing that there was no clear sign as to who was the one with the fertility issues, if there were any to begin with.

Her dislike for Antigone wanted her to go with her, but would Tiberius really keep a 'useless' wife around? He didn't seem the sort to fall in love with his wife and keep her around even if she couldn't do the one job expected from her. Then again, in many ways, Tiberius and Antigone were perfect for each other. Maybe they were in love.

It was possible that Tiberius was the infertile one. Or he was so busy taking his kinks out on Antigone, that he couldn't finish the job in the right place, so to speak. After her marriage, Ellory had supplied herself with some erotic literature and she was shocked to discover the creativity of humans when it came to the sexual department. She wished she could introduce some of the things she'd read about to her own sexual routine, but she supposed that bedding your cousin was kinky enough.

She could just lie, Ellory thought. She didn't like either Tiberius or Antigone, what did she care if people started talking about their made-up bedroom problems after she'd gone and told Ophelia Devine?

"I suppose it is very likely that it is him and what is why she wanted to make me think that my husband would hurt me. Perhaps certain functions of his body do not operate properly and that is why he turns violent. Perhaps his... flower has difficulty blooming." That had happened with her and Claude sometimes because having sex with your cousin wasn't exactly sexy.